This twelve-day study abroad program will begin with a stay in Venice where activities
will include visits to St. Marks Square, the Grand Canal, the Ponte Rialto and St.
Mark’s Basilica. Students will participate in a Venetian mask-making workshop as well
as an excursion to Murano and Burano to view glass-blowing by local artisans. Next,
the program will visit Verona, the city of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet where sights
include the Arena a famous Amphitheatre and Roman Theatre. In Florence, the cradle
of the Renaissance, students will visit the Piazza del Duomo, Santa Croce, the Uffizi
museum and the Accademia Gallery. Participants will be amazed by Michelangelo's world-famous
statue of David and other works by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Giotto,
Cimabue and Masaccio. The program will include a day trip to the leaning tower of
Pisa. This study abroad program concludes with a three-day stay in a Villa in the
Tuscan hills at the Accademia Dell’ Arte, Arezzo. There, students will study Commedia
Dell’ Arte, movement, theatre and dance with master faculty from all over Europe.